Reversible rain-water cut-off



T. H. BRISON.

REVERSIBLE RAIN WATER CULOFF.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.'2.4, 1919.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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REVERSIBLE RAIN-VATER CUT-OFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application filed. October 24, 1919. Serial No. 333,037.

To @ZZ wko/nt t may concern:

lie it known that l, 'lfnnononn li. Bni'soN, a citizen o'l? the llnited titates, residing at blioui; Valls, in the county o'l`i Minnelntha and. itate of South lilalrota, have invented certain new and `usetul improvements in Reversible BainVater Cut-Oils, oi which the 'following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved re voi-sible rain water cut-oit, particularly adapted ior `use in connection with drain pipes leading from the eaves trough, and an object of the invention is to Vln'ovide a loose slip jointed rain water cut-oil', which will do away with the usual water gate located on the inside oit the drain pipe, thereby eliminate considerable trouble and'expense in the repair and the manipulation of the water gate. i

Another object of the invention is to provide a rain water cut-olf, which is very eilioient, simple and practical in construction, and which may be easily and quickly removed at any time to permit the drain pipe and the cut-off to be easily and quickly cleaned, which is found veryA often neces sary.

it further object of the invention is to provide a rain water cut-off, so constructed as to permit it to be positioned. so that it can drain into a suitable cistern or other receptacle, or so positioned as to permit the rain water to waste, it being possible to easily observe at a distance as to which one olf the positions the cut-olf assumes.

it. still 'lurther object oi the invention is to provide a rain-water eut-off including a strainer adjacent the ilfunnel. shaped top of the cut-oil' member, for straining and clearing` the water as it enters the cistern or other receptacle.

TWhile the design. and construction at present illustrated and set forth is deemed preferable, it is obvious that as a result ot' a reduction of the invention to a more prac tical form for commercial purposes, the invention may be susceptible to changes, and the right to these changes is claimed, provided they. are comprehended within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and. combination of parts, as will be hereinafter set lforth, shown in. the drawings and claimed.-

in the drawings:

Figure .l is a view in elevation ol` the improved cut-eti constructed in aucordance with the inventiml, showing tl i cutfo'l'l' in a position so as to drain into a cistern.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the cut-oil?, showing the cutol'il member positioned for guiding the water so that it may waste.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 'l designates the main rain water drain pipe which is clamped to the side of the buildingr by means ol a U-clamp 2, which is secured at to the building. Secured. by means of a double clamping member t to the side of the building is a pair of pipe sections 5 and (l. The pipe section 5 is designed to drain the water, so that it may waste, while the pipe section 6 has a lateral extension 7, through which the water from the main drain pipe may pass into a suitable cistern or other .receptacle 8. These pipe sections 5 and 6 are spaced below the main drain as shown. The main drain pipe is alined axially with the point where the two pipe sections 5 and (l engage each other. y The rain water eut-oil member 9 is in the form of a funnel-shaped body, and its lower portion has an extension 10. This extension 10 is arranged at an angle to the longitud#` nal center of the tunnel-shaped body, so that the extension may, by reversing the funnel-shaped body, engage either one ot the pipe sections o and G, so that the rain 'water may easily and (p'liolrly drain, either as Waste or into a suitable eistern or other receptacle, ttor various uses. The funnelshaped body is partly flattened near its upper portion, therefore it is elongated in cross-section. The upper portion oi the funnel-shaped body terminates in a truste conical. part il having an enlarged. opening 12, which has a slip joint connection with the lower end of the main drain pi e. It will be noted that the tunnel shape( body can be easily raised or lowered, ior the purpose oli connecting and disconnecting the lower extension l() to and from either one ot the pipe sections 5 andA G. Furthermore, the slip joint connection permits the funnelshaped cutoff body to be reversed, whereby the extension l0 ot the cut-oii body, when in engagement with either one ol `the pipe sections 5 and G, may extend axially with relation to said pipe section. A. suitable strainer 13 is 'ar a-nged in the 'funnel-shaped cut-oill body, at the point where the lower part of the body joins the truste conical part, thereby providing 'a wide area, for straininl the water as it passes through the eut-off, and also to alford a wide area or the support of the sediment that may be collected.

The funnel-shaped cut-oli' member may be easily and very quickly removed so as to permit the strainer to be cleaned and to permit the mai-n dvain pipe to be swabl-Jed out. Furthermore, the cut-off member Vmay be very easily handled, owing to it beingconstructed Ain a sing-ie peee, in which case, there is nothing :to get out or repair.

Furthermore, this construction of rain water fout-orf does away with all complicated parts (which get out oi" order.) hercto'i'ore used, .for instance such parts as casinggs which hou-se the cut-eli?, also springs, rivets, lere-rs, bearings and turn knobs are eliminated, and furthermore it is unneces sary when using' this iin-proved cut-oil), -to shift the :main drain pipe, and furthermore, it is the Iai-m to dispense with the use oil waiter gates inside eiz the cut-'oil'. By in ans of the lfrusto conical top part o' the eut-'oliVZ member, the overiiow olf the water is prevented.

By means of the vparticular `eonstri-iction ot the eut-ori inem-ber, say for instance, by means of :the truste-conical top, the cut-oil' member may fbe disposed so as to connect with pipe sections ibe-low, which may be spaced considera-bly apart. n other words, the 'cnt-'01T member when #being shifted from one pipe section to another disposed below the main drain pipe, the eut-oit member is given -a partial turn fte .permit the cylindri l,al end 10 to teleseopically enter or telescopically engage the spaced pipe seitions below, which may be spaced apart other than shown, The disposition o l the eut-olf member in this manner is permitted Owing` to the construction of its upper part and owingto its loose connection with the main drain pipe.

The invention having` been set forth, what is claimed as ne\v and useful is:

in a rain water cut oil as set l'orth, the combination with a main drain pipe, ol' a pair otl pipe sections spaced below, one aeting to drain waste water, the other acting to drain water to be used, the latter harina* a lateral extension to drain into a cistern, the main drain pipe being` .arranged axially between the pipe sections, a cut oil member, comprising` a main funnel shaped body having' its lower end terminating' in a cylindrical `extension avan-ged lat an angle lo the body, whereby the extension may have a substantial telescopical litiinfg une' eenieut in either one ot said 'pipe sertions. the upper part 'oit the body terniinatinj;A in a trusto-'conical top portion 'harinaan opening of a substantial relatirely larger diameter than the main drain pipe, the open `end of the truste-conical top portion harinaa sub stantial loose slipping' engagement with the lower end 'of the main drain pipe whereby the lbody may be raised and llowered a substantially conside able degree, so that the extension may be easily `connected and dis` connected to yand from either -one oi' the pipe sections.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

THEGDORE H. BRSON. 

